Bibliolatry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bibliolatry is a noun meaning Excessive admiration for a book.
Meaning
Excessive admiration for a book.
More Meanings
- Specifically, excessive reverence for, or worship of, the Bible or Qur'an, especially as taken literally.
Example Sentences
they are also committing "bibliolatry" by putting the Bible where God alone belongs
The exponents of bibliolatry rely on the letter and make the spirit dependent on the letter
"bibliolatry" (the fundamentalist insistence on the literal truth of "the Bible as the Word of God")
Some sectors of the religious world have been accused […] of "bibliolatry," that is, valuing their Bible itself so highly that they are almost guilty of idolatry.
Word Forms
- bibliolatries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bibliobibuli, idolatry, deification, overadoration, overlaudation, overdevotion.
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